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Lord Ouseley is ready to quit as chairman of football’s anti-racism campaign over his frustration at the “collective failure” of the game’s authorities to deal with high-profile incidents in the past year.

Ouseley has been chairman of Kick It Out since their inception in 1997 but in a wide-ranging interview with Standard Sport admits he could go in “days”.

The 67-year-old accuses the game of “lacking morality” and criticises the authorities’ inability to tackle the problem. “I may not be around,” he said. “It could be a matter of days. It is as close as that.”

The former chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality’s admission comes days after the issue returned to the headlines when a Swansea fan was arrested and charged with abusing Norwich defender Sebastien Bassong.

Ouseley added: “I believe there has been a collective failure on the part of people running the game. They have to come forward very soon with a plan to show that what happened in the last year will not happen again.

And he took Chelsea to task for backing John Terry in the lead up to his hearing for racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.

Ouseley also believes he was not given the full picture by Bernstein when he asked the FA chairman to axe Terry as England captain immediately after the incident in October 2011.

Terry was stripped of the captaincy in February this year, a move which saw boss Fabio Capello quit, but Ouseley said: “From the outset, the chairman said the FA had a policy and a contractual obligation of no interference with the role of the England manager. In other words, we cannot intervene. The manager appoints the captain, he has total responsibility for all the playing side.

“I raised the matter as soon as it happened because a lot of people were raising it with me.”

Terry was then axed, said Ouseley, because, “they came to a realisation that they couldn’t go to a major European competition with this thing hanging over them”.

An FA spokesman said today: “The FA had and continues to have an agreement with the England manager that he would have final say on squad selection — subject to certain caveats.

“When it became clear that the court case would be delayed until after the Euros, the FA Board — led by chairman David Bernstein — took a collective decision in these unique circumstances to remove the captaincy, whilst allowing the manager the authority on squad selection.

“The FA have subsequently introduced a Code of Conduct for England players which makes it clear that being an England captain is a privileged position which brings with it a higher level of responsibility. It gives authority for the Club England management to remove an England captain and/or exclude a player from any squad if appropriate.”

Meanwhile, reports today have outlined a 93-point plan by football’s authorities in response to Prime Minister David Cameron’s demands for tougher action on racism.

‘English Football’s Inclusion and Anti- Discrimination Action Plan’ reveals the authorities are considering the introduction of cultural lessons for foreign players and a mandatory anti-discrimination clause in all players’ and managers’ contracts.